The Portland daily press., 1887-04-08

Annual Meeting and Election of Of
ficers Last Evening.
A Good Years Work Reported by the
Officers.


library room of the Mechanics building last
evening. The meeting was called to order
by President NJ A. Blanchard, about 40
members being in attendance In the alb
sence of the recording secretary. Mr.. r. B.
Swift, Mr.. Geo. A. Harmon was elected sec
rotary, pro TEN. The records of the last
meetings were read and approved.
The President introduced Mr.. William
Burrowes as a newly elected member of the
association. The death in Boston of Mr.. Jo-
seph Hodgkins, a member of the Associa-
ton, was announced by the President. Mem
bers of the relief committee made reports
from the several wards, only one or two
cases of sickness being reported.
Albert L. Emerson and w. II. Howard
were elected, by ballot, members of the asso-
citation.
The annual reports were then presented, as
follows
PRESIDENTS REPORT.
President Blanchard in his reportreviewed
the history of the year and described the
changes in the building. The alterations and
improvements, which have been fully de-
sclibed in the PRESS, were made at a cost of
s4,s3S.74. The financial standing of the as
ISOLATION is good. There are funds invested
to the amount of $4,000. The association
owes $500, which is placed at less rate OF
interest than the society receives. The asso-
citation during the year has accorded a gen
erous support to the government
More members are being lost by death than
the association gaining in new recruits
and something should be done to induce me.
chanics to join the organization.
In closing, the President called attention
to the fact that two attempts had been made
to ln1ure the steam heating apparatus by
some person who gained access to the boiler
room and tempered with the furnaces. This
Is State prison offence and the President
reported to the society that prosecution
would be begun without hesitation were the
guilty persons detected
The services OF the superintendent of the
building, who has had much larger amount
OF work to do than usually, were mentioned
as deserving OF recognition by the associa-
ton.
SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS.
The report of the superintendent of build
ing. Mr.. +. o. Brett, was read by the Presi-
dent The report gave an amount of the al.
terations and repairs in the building. The
receipts for the rent of the library room
Kitchen. and check room were S77O0 A
schedule of the property of the association
was made part of the report.
sEcRETARY's REPORT.
Mr.. r. b. Swift, the recording secretary,
in his report, gave sketch of the changes in
Mechanics building, the past year, and an
account of the triennial festival, both Of
which have been published. The usual
course Of lectures was given. Twelve meet
ings OF the association have been held and
Twelve Nv stated and twelve special meetings Of
the government. The following twelve mem
6ers have died the past year: G. G. Little
held, >. ID. Morrell, Thomas Randall. Andrew
Taylor, Rufus Stanley, William Gould. Aug.
ustus Duryea, 9. r. Frost, w. K Staples
Joel Whitney, Geo. Mcclellan and Geo. Cush.
ing. '''''
There 207 life members, and the total mem.
Dershlp is 1874. The secretary's accounts
nave been audited and found to be correct.
LIBRARY REPORT.
Mr.. Lewis b. Smith, chairman of the com.
mittee on the library reported the following
statistics:
Nosof books, ;including books for reference
No. taken out during year 9sl
NO. ADDED during year. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1O1
The classification of the library is as fol
lows
o, Fiction, 1929; poetry; 2ii scientific, 3; me
biographical and miscellaneous, l75: religions
26j juvenile, $50; history and travels, 543.
NUMBER OF books repaired by librarian 243: by
binder. 40; added dy purchase, 1OI. -
Cash received for fines, 2,S4, and by sale of SO
The receipts were $324.S4, -and expenditures
$3o4.7s, leaving balance of S20.06.
The committee refer in high terms to the
aid received by.~them from S. M. Watson.
l.trarian of the public library, rendered in
the preparation Of the new catalogue. They
also refer to the cheerful manner in which
the society librarian and assistants under
took and carried out the onerous work of re-
moving. recovering and re-arranging the
books of the library, owing to the changing
OF the society rooms, and they regret they
are not empowered to increase the pay OF
these officers for their extra work, but re.
commend the matter to the society's careful
consideration. They congratulate the society
on the greatly extended shelf room the SO.
clety now possesses, and the superior conye-
nlences for receiving and delivering books.
COMMITTEE ON DRAWING SCHOOL.
Mr.. f. H. Fassett, chairman Of the COM
mittee upon the drawing school, read the re-
port of the committee from which the follow
is taken:
Owing to repairs in the building, the term
Of the school was reduced from four 20 three
months. Mr.: Antonio Dorticos was EN-
pl0yed as teacher and performed his duties
very. efficiently. Twenty persons applied for
admission to each class, but the average at
tendance has been nine for the architectsal
and eleven for the mechanical class. There
were fye mechanics in the architectural and
four In the mechanical class, their ages rang
ing from IS to 40 years. The other pupils
were boys between IA and 16 years old from
the public schools.
An extract from the report of Mr. Dorticos
called attention to the fact that the school
does not appear to meet the object for which
u was founded, 1t being a matter of regret
tnat more mechanics do not avail themselves
of its privileges.
The expense Of the school for the year was
Soo.oo, q which $40 was paid as salary to
TREAsURER's REPORT.
Mr. A. F. Gerrish, the treasurer, reported
in brief as follows:
Recelpts..-. ............,........S3 1925. 81
Cash on hand. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4445
The expense of altering the building is
not included in the above statement. The
cost was given in the Presidents report.
Mr.. Peck, chairman of the lecture CON-
mittee, not being present, the report of the
committee was omitted.
1t was voted that the reports be accepted
and placed on record.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The Association then proceeded to the
election of officers. L. M. Kimball. r. w.
jackson, t. S. Laughlin, and G. L. Bailey.
w. >. Lowell, j. s. Gilliatt were appointed
committees to receive. sort and count ballots.
The following officers were elected:
President-M. A. Blanchard
Vice President-John b. Thorndike
A L
Hecordlng Secfetary-Robert b. Swift
corresponding Secretary-W. S. Lowell.
lrustees-John Calvin Stevens, Charles T..
carter Edward III. G. Tompson.
committee on Relef-Charles f. Dam Wood
Dury d. Hatch, Robert w. Jackson Horatio q
Srl I'M James H. Hawkes., James NJ. Watts, John
The Association then adjourned.
Easter Monday Ball.
The ball which will be given Easter Mon
day at City Hall, by the Irish American Re-
lief Association, will be an unusually bril-
liant entertainment Chambers band will
give concert from s to o'clock. A quad
rifle band of ten pieces will furnish the mu-
sic for the dance. The orders, or programmes
for the ladies will be the handsomest seen in
this city for many year. Every lady at
tending will receive one of these souvenirs.
Delesations of ladies and gentlemen will be
present from Boston, Portsmouth, Bangor,
Lewiston, Augusta, Biddeford and Bath.
The doors will be opened at 73O. Tickets
can be procured from the committee and at